But in the Midwest, music and dancing are shared ... already an established musician, an accordion prodigy whose original band, Verne Meisner and the Polka Boys, was aptly named - the members ...

The Chardon Polka Band records lively music at Suma Recording Studio. Bob Buzecan has a "spontaneous" syrup song to play on his accordion. Bandleader Jake Kouwe travels to various maple syrup ...

Garrett Tatano, 24, of Canonsburg was born and raised on polka music, with Polish and Italian parents who both played accordion as he was growing up. “My grandfather used to run polka dances on ...

Polka is a dance and music genre, which originated in Bohemia ... From its humble origins to looking at the traditional accordion, click through this gallery for everything polka.

Milojevic is a rarity: not only is she a serious practitioner of the accordion in a country where that instrument is usually relegated to polka bands and party music, she’s chosen to specialize ...